# Teaching & Outreach

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/c/community/teaching/45.md?page=6

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## [From zero to Julia! Learn how to code in Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/from-zero-to-julia-learn-how-to-code-in-julia/33595)

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**Author:** [@aurelio-amerio](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/aurelio-amerio)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 8:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/from-zero-to-julia-learn-how-to-code-in-julia/33595 "2020-06-03T08:32:12Z")

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Hello! In the past few months I’ve been writing a series of introductory lessons to the Julia language. They cover the basics of Julia and gradually move on to more advanced topics, including plotting, parallel computing…

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## [New Julia book, oriented towards Machine Learning](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-julia-book-oriented-towards-machine-learning/40319)

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**Author:** [@zvoulgaris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/zvoulgaris)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2020, 8:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-julia-book-oriented-towards-machine-learning/40319 "2020-05-28T08:22:36Z")

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Hello everyone, As per Andrew’s suggestion, I’m posting this here, so that it can be added to the Get started with Julia part of the website. Book title: Julia for Machine Learning Author: Zacharias Voulgaris Publish…

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## [Show PDF in Julia Notebook & general advises for for jupyterlab extensions](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/show-pdf-in-julia-notebook-general-advises-for-for-jupyterlab-extensions/39466)

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**Author:** [@koehlerson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/koehlerson)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2020, 11:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/show-pdf-in-julia-notebook-general-advises-for-for-jupyterlab-extensions/39466 "2020-05-15T11:27:02Z")

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Hey there, I prepared a JupyterHub Server for a class and I converted old exercise material from matlab into beautiful julia notebooks. Unfortunately, I haven’t found any possibility to view PDF images in the notebook. …

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## [Convince me to use Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/convince-me-to-use-julia/38635)

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**Author:** [@dlsweet](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dlsweet)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2020, 11:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/convince-me-to-use-julia/38635 "2020-05-05T11:53:40Z")

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Hey all, I’m a statistician and I’m pretty proficient in R and Python, I want to hear all of the reasons I should look into Julia.

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## [Presentation to a meetup - call for introductory materials](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/presentation-to-a-meetup-call-for-introductory-materials/37800)

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**Author:** [@Emmanuel-R8](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Emmanuel-R8)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/presentation-to-a-meetup-call-for-introductory-materials/37800 "2020-05-05T02:17:51Z")

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I am working on a presentation for the Hong Kong Machine Learning meetup. Audience is very diverse in skills and experience; this is not a technical seminar but we assume the skills to understand the first chapters of th…

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## [Interact +JuMP + Plotly with PWA](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interact-jump-plotly-with-pwa/37912)

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**Author:** [@AmburoseSekar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/AmburoseSekar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interact-jump-plotly-with-pwa/37912 "2020-04-20T17:01:56Z")

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With the help of Interact.jl & JuMP.jl, I wrote a little bit of code that has proven WebApp and useful for teaching/Industrial people use Dashboard like app. I hope you all can make use of it as well! Fully Written in J…

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## [New introductory(ish) Julia class with materials available](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-introductory-ish-julia-class-with-materials-available/30256)

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**Author:** [@dpsanders](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dpsanders)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-introductory-ish-julia-class-with-materials-available/30256 "2020-04-20T15:22:47Z")

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Together with Alan Edelman, we have just started teaching a new half-semester introductory class on “Computational Thinking” using Julia at MIT (course number 6.S083). It is during the second half of the semester, as an…

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## [Is anyone taking mitmath 6.S083 / 18.S190?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-anyone-taking-mitmath-6-s083-18-s190/37834)

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**Author:** [@akshu3398](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/akshu3398)\
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**Last updated:** [April 19, 2020, 6:46am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-anyone-taking-mitmath-6-s083-18-s190/37834 "2020-04-19T06:46:09Z")

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hi, I am new to julia ecosystem. I started using julia as a matlab alternative and because of it’s similarity to python(in syntax and practical application). I am following mit’s 6.S083 / 18.S190 to learn julia and ge…

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## [Julia-based articles to JStatSoft](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-based-articles-to-jstatsoft/37029)

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**Author:** [@dmbates](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dmbates)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-based-articles-to-jstatsoft/37029 "2020-04-05T19:47:13Z")

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Does anyone have experience with submitting articles describing Julia packages to Journal of Statistical Software? I have tried some searches at https://www.jstatsoft.org but without luck. Mostly I am interested in the…

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## [Course: Introduction to computational thinking + applications to modelling the COVID-19 pandemic](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/course-introduction-to-computational-thinking-applications-to-modelling-the-covid-19-pandemic/36776)

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**Author:** [@dpsanders](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dpsanders)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2020, 7:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/course-introduction-to-computational-thinking-applications-to-modelling-the-covid-19-pandemic/36776 "2020-03-31T07:36:41Z")

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Together with Alan Edelman, we are teaching an MIT course on Introduction to Computational Thinking with Julia, with applications to modelling the COVID-19 pandemic: It’s designed for people with basic programming exp…

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## [Julia cheatsheet from julialang.org is outdated](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-cheatsheet-from-julialang-org-is-outdated/35226)

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**Author:** [@Iulian.Cioarca](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Iulian.Cioarca)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-cheatsheet-from-julialang-org-is-outdated/35226 "2020-02-27T12:50:18Z")

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I was browsing through the Get started with Julia, Resources section and noticed that https://github.com/mitmath/1806/blob/master/julia/Julia-cheatsheet.pdf is a bit outdated (vector scalar operations lack the broadcasti…

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## [Learning Julia on exercism.io through practice problems and free mentorship](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/learning-julia-on-exercism-io-through-practice-problems-and-free-mentorship/19457)

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**Author:** [@SaschaMann](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/SaschaMann)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2020, 12:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/learning-julia-on-exercism-io-through-practice-problems-and-free-mentorship/19457 "2020-02-08T12:12:57Z")

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Hey everyone, Exercism is a platform designed to help people improve their coding skills through practice and mentorship. It relaunched a few months ago with a new mentoring feature. The Julia track has since grown sig…

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## [\[RFC\] Julia at deRSE20](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rfc-julia-at-derse20/34134)

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**Author:** [@BeastyBlacksmith](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BeastyBlacksmith)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rfc-julia-at-derse20/34134 "2020-02-04T21:07:29Z")

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I just created a workshop idea for the conference of the german RSE association deRSE20 on their bazaar. I would be happy to find interested people to actually run the workshop ( since I don’t think I can do it by mysel…

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## [Projects recommendation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/projects-recommendation/32794)

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**Author:** [@Ali\_Mamdouh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ali_Mamdouh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2020, 3:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/projects-recommendation/32794 "2020-01-01T03:57:20Z")

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Hello, i am a cs student who is willing to participate in gsoc 2020 with julia, i have been doing mit distributed systems assignments-implementing raft and a kv store on it -and i have found it an interesting and usef…

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## [On the riddle in JuliaAcademy lesson "Representing data in a computer"](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/on-the-riddle-in-juliaacademy-lesson-representing-data-in-a-computer/32566)

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**Author:** [@yuxi.liu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yuxi.liu)\
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**Last updated:** [December 21, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/on-the-riddle-in-juliaacademy-lesson-representing-data-in-a-computer/32566 "2019-12-21T23:47:16Z")

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I filtered out the white background in apples and bananas, iswhite(pixel) = (Float64( red(pixel) ) \> 0.9 && Float64( green(pixel) ) \> 0.9 && Float64( blue(pixel) ) \> 0.9) applewhitearray…

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## [Google Code-In](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/google-code-in/30460)

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**Author:** [@Naba7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Naba7)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2019, 1:51am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/google-code-in/30460 "2019-10-30T01:51:28Z")

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Hi all. This is Nabanita Dash, 3rd year B.Tech in IIIT, Bhubaneswar. I have been using Julia since last 6 months. I want to be a mentor for Google Code-in for Julia. How can I apply and prepare to deliver the best? I am …

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## [Coursera's Julia Scientific Programming course really sucks!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/courseras-julia-scientific-programming-course-really-sucks/29837)

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**Author:** [@aerdely](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/aerdely)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/courseras-julia-scientific-programming-course-really-sucks/29837 "2019-10-14T17:02:19Z")

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Coursera’s introductory course: https://www.coursera.org/learn/julia-programming really sucks! Bad publicity, I would say. Dumb examples and quizes, low video and image quality, coding errors :grimacing: I think Julia …

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## [I discovered a new tutorial series on YouTube](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-discovered-a-new-tutorial-series-on-youtube/29867)

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**Author:** [@feanor12](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/feanor12)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-discovered-a-new-tutorial-series-on-youtube/29867 "2019-10-13T16:59:42Z")

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## [Teaching Julia prerequisites](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/teaching-julia-prerequisites/28379)

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**Author:** [@Ahmed\_Salih](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ahmed_Salih)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2019, 4:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/teaching-julia-prerequisites/28379 "2019-09-12T04:24:41Z")

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Hello all! My question is basically, to those who are teaching Julia currently, how are you going about setting the fundementals up (ie. software) to ensure that your students (with no previous programming experience) g…

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## [Pilot on Data Analysis in Colombia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pilot-on-data-analysis-in-colombia/25994)

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**Author:** [@catareyesv](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/catareyesv)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pilot-on-data-analysis-in-colombia/25994 "2019-07-03T18:39:28Z")

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Hi: I would like how to reach out to Julia in order to see if we can get together and develop a pilot on data analysis for colombian public schools

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## [\[ANN\] Nextjournal public launch](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-nextjournal-public-launch/23913)

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**Author:** [@sdanisch](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sdanisch)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-nextjournal-public-launch/23913 "2019-05-16T19:28:45Z")

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:tada: We’ve opened signups on Nextjournal today and would love to get your feedback: Launch: Nextjournal Public Beta - Nextjournal. Nextjournal is a multi-language notebook platform with first class support for Julia (…

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## [Quality of Julia code and speed - is this stressed enough?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/quality-of-julia-code-and-speed-is-this-stressed-enough/23404)

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**Author:** [@KZiemian](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/KZiemian)\
**Replies:** 37\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2019, 11:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/quality-of-julia-code-and-speed-is-this-stressed-enough/23404 "2019-04-30T11:16:45Z")

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This post is result of my reflection of trying learn Julia from few available resources, I hope that it will have some value. My only problem with learning materials is that they too often omit problem of relation of qu…

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## [Teaching Neural Network Optimization](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/teaching-neural-network-optimization/23655)

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**Author:** [@r3tex](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/r3tex)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2019, 8:51am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/teaching-neural-network-optimization/23655 "2019-04-30T08:51:46Z")

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With the help of Simon Danisch (of Makie.jl & more), I wrote a bit of code that has proven visceral and useful for teaching people about the process of “learning” when it comes to deep neural networks. I hope you all can…

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## [Package registration for classroom setup](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-registration-for-classroom-setup/22791)

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**Author:** [@kevbonham](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kevbonham)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2019, 12:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-registration-for-classroom-setup/22791 "2019-04-05T12:12:52Z")

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I’m designing a semester-long programming course that’s going to utilize Github Classroom. It seems like the best workflow will be to have separate repos for each week’s content and assignment, so that’s 14 lesson repos,…

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## [Julia Investor Pitch Kit](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-investor-pitch-kit/22338)

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**Author:** [@essenciary](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/essenciary)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2019, 10:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-investor-pitch-kit/22338 "2019-03-26T10:18:09Z")

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I’ve recently started talking to potential investors for a Julia PaaS/SaaS product - built with Julia for Julia users. Obviously, such an endeavor is highly dependent on Julia’s growth and adoption so this comes up ever…

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## [High-profile projects and users](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/high-profile-projects-and-users/22009)

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**Author:** [@Balinus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Balinus)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2019, 10:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/high-profile-projects-and-users/22009 "2019-03-18T22:21:55Z")

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Hello! I’m doing a presentation tomorrow in a corporate/public company (complicated) and I was hoping to show some high-profile projects and users that uses Julia. Right now, I have the Celeste, Federal Aviation and Res…

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## [Announcing the public beta of JuliaAcademy](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/announcing-the-public-beta-of-juliaacademy/19545)

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**Author:** [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Replies:** 27\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 1:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/announcing-the-public-beta-of-juliaacademy/19545 "2019-02-14T01:53:02Z")

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Hello everyone! I’m pleased to announce that Julia Computing is launching the free public beta of our new learning platform: JuliaAcademy. JuliaAcademy bundles interactive notebooks with instructor videos so you can fol…

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## [Julia functions/examples for numerical computing textbook](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-functions-examples-for-numerical-computing-textbook/20426)

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**Author:** [@tobydriscoll](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tobydriscoll)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-functions-examples-for-numerical-computing-textbook/20426 "2019-02-08T20:54:06Z")

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I have translated into Julia all 45 functions and 160+ examples from my co-authored textbook, Fundamentals of Numerical Computation (SIAM). They cover at an advanced undergraduate level the basics of dense matrix factori…

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## [Collection of teaching material](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/collection-of-teaching-material/20542)

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**Author:** [@BeastyBlacksmith](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BeastyBlacksmith)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2019, 11:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/collection-of-teaching-material/20542 "2019-02-07T11:57:10Z")

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There is quite some good material in the wild, but I find it growingly hard to keep track of all my github-stars and browser bookmarks and other stuff, that I decided to put up an etherpad, where everyone who created som…

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## [Developing a commercial two day Julia course!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/developing-a-commercial-two-day-julia-course/19901)

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**Author:** [@xiaodai](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaodai)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2019, 11:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/developing-a-commercial-two-day-julia-course/19901 "2019-02-06T23:37:28Z")

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Very exciting news! My firm has been engaged by one of the largest data science training companies in Australia to develop a two-day commercially-available Julia course! The brief I get is that we should assume little t…

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